For the fourth year in a row, and the fifth time overall, Columbia Scholastic Press Association has named Roars and Whispers a Crown Finalist.The Crown Awards honor top student publications chosen from CSPA’s members. Crowns are selected for overall excellence in a head-to-head comparison.During Crown consideration, publications are judged on their excellence as shown by their design, photography, concept, coverage and writing. A total of 1,100 publications were eligible for judging.Crown Finalists are actual winners, not nominees. Some will be announced as Gold Crowns; the rest are Silver Crowns. Final results will be announced and presented at the CSPA ceremonies in March 2017.

​The Columbia Scholastic Press Association announced the winners from its 34th Gold Circle Awards program. Gold Circle Awards are offered to recognize superior work by student journalists usually as individuals but sometimes as an entire staff working with either print or online media.This year, these categories attracted 4,166 yearbook and digital media entries, as well as 7,093 print news and magazines entries. Roars and Whispers, Providence High's Literary Magazine, won the following awards:

First Place, Cover Design, Emma Carter and Remy Lucien

First Place, Designed Headline, Emma Carter and Blair Roberts

First Place, Portfolio Illustration, Andy Hill

Third Place, Open Form Poetry, Emma Carter

Third Place, Table of Contents Design, Remy Lucien and Emma Carter

Third Place, Single Spread Design, Emma Carter and Natalie Thulien

Certificate of Merit, Typography One Page or Spread, Gayatri Chopra and Allie Debe